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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR-
‘DER OF THE SECRETARY OF
"THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR-
SUANCE OF, ARTICLE XVill OF
THE CONS®ITUTION.
3 Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Articie
IX of the Constitution ef |
Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the |
Senate and House of Representa-
tives in General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in ac-
cordance with the XVIII article
thereof: — |
Section 16. The State, or any mu- |
nicipality thereof, acquiring or appro-
priating property or rights over or in
property for public use, may, in fur
therance of its plans for the acqui- |
gition and public use of such proper-
ty or rights, and subject to such re-
strictions as the Legislature may from
time to time impose, appropriate an
excess of property over that actual-
ly to be occupied or used for public
use, and may thereafter sell or lease
such excess, and impose on the prop-
erty so sold or leased any restrictions |
appropriate to preserve or enhance
the benefit to the public of the prop-
erty actually occupied or used.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 1.
|
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas of Phil-
adelphia county.
Section 1. Be It resolved by the
- Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania in General Assembly met,
That the following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and |
the same is hereby, proposed, in ac-
cordance with the eighteenth article
thereof:- .
That section six of article five be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 6. In the county of Phila- |
delphia all the jurisdiction and |
powers now vested in the several
numbered courts of common pleas of |
that county, shall be vested in one |
court of common pleas composed of
all the judges in commission in said |
courts. Such ?urisdiction and powers
shall extend to all proceedings at law
and in equity which shall have been
instituted in the several numbered
courts and shall be subject to such
change as may be made by law and |
subject to change of venue as provi
ded by law. The president judge of!
the said cour’ shall be selected as
provided by law. The number of
jndges in said conrt may be by law
increased from time to time. This a-
mendment shall take effect on the
first day of January succeeding its a-
doption. *
In the county of Allegheny all the
jurisdiction and powers now vested
in the several numbered courts of
common ' pleas, shall be vested in
one court of common pleas, com-
posed of all the judges in commission
in said courts. Such jurisdietion and
powers shall extend to all proceel-
ings at law and in equity which shall
have been instituted in the several
numbered courts and shall be subject
to such change as may be made by
‘law and subject to change of venue
as provided by law. The presi-
dent judge of the said court
shall. be selected as provided by
law. The number of judges In
said court may be by law increased
from time to time. This amendment
shall take effect on the first day of
January succeeding its adoption.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary Jt the Commonwealth.
» Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, se~.ion four of the Consti-
tution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania; authorizing the
State to issue bonds to the amount
of fifty millions of dollars for the
| eral ¢
Proposing an amendment to section
to pay existing debt; and the debt cre-
ated to supply deficiency in revenue |
shall never exceed in the aggregate!
at any one time, ome million dol;
lars,” be amended S80 as to read as
follows:
Secti'n 4. No debt shall be crea-
ted by or on behalf of the State, ex- |
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
revenue, repel invasion, suppress !m- |
surrection, defend the State in war,
I
or to pay existing debt; and the debt
{created to supply deficiencies in rev- |
enue shall never exceed in the aggre-
gate, at any one time, one million dol-
lars: Provided however That the
General Assembly, irrespective of
any debf, may authorize the State to
issue bonds.to the amount of fifty
millions of do
irs for the purpose of
improving and rebuilding the highways
of the Commonwealth.
Section 2. Said proposed amen:
ment shall be submitted to the quil
ified electors of the State, at the gen-
ection to be held on the Tues-
day uext following the first Monday of
| November in the year nineteeen hun-
dred and eighteen, for the purpose of
i deciding upon the approval and ‘Tati:
rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened, held, and closed upon said
election day, at the places and within
the hours at and within which said |
election is directed to be open |
ed, held and closed, and in accord- |
ance with the provisions of the laws!
Qf Pennsylvania governing elections, |
and amendments thereto. Such a |
mendment shall be printed upon the |
ballots in the form and manner pre-
fication or the
sylvania, and shall in all
conform to the requirement of such
laws, @
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 3.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
eight, article nine of the Consti- |
tution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa |
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn- |
sylvania in General Assenh.y met, |
{and is hereby enacted by the au'hor- |
lity of the same, That the Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth of Penn
svlvania, in accordance with the pr
visions of the eighteenth article
thereof: —
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
That section eight of article nine
of the Constitution be
striking out the said section and in-
amended by
serting in place thereof the follow
ing:—
Section 8. The debt of any county
city, borough, township, school dis
rict or other municipality or incorpo-
ated district, except as provided here
| n and in section fifteen of this arti-
cle shall never exceed seven (7) per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, but the
be increased in such amount that tte
total city debt of said city shall not
exceed ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable prop-
erty therein, nor shall any such mu-
nicipality or district incur any new
debt, or increase its indebtedness to
an amount exceeding two (2) per
centum upon such assessed valuation
of property, without the consent of
{ae electors’ thereof at a public elec-
tion in such manner as shall be pro- |
vided py law. In ascertaining the
borrowing capacity of the said city!
of Philadelphia, at any time, thers!
shall be excluded from the calcula- |
tion and deducted from such debt
so much of the debt of said city as |
{shall have been incurred, and the]
| proceeds thereof invested, in any |
city an annual
be ascertained by capitalizing the an-
nual net revenue from such improve-
ment during the year immediately
| the bullets
scribed by the election laws of Penun- |
respects |
| down into Pittsburgh by way
| Brownsville, entering the main part of
| the city right at the
debt of the city of Philadelphia mav
1
public improvements of any character |
which shall be yielding to the sald |
current net revenue. |
The amount of such deduction shall
DRUNKEN FATHER
KILLS CHILD AND SELF
Crazed by whiskey, Tony Furguell,
a miner employed at Arrow, shot his
four-months old ; on to death Wednes-
day afternoon and turning the revol-
ver on himself committed suicide.
Furguell arrived home drunk and inw-
mediately started quarreling with
his wife, who was holding the babe in
her arms. The frenzied father fired
two shots at his wife as she was in
the act of fleeing to the house of a
neighbor. One of them struck the
babe, passing through the intestines.
Before the neighbore could interfere
Forguell fired a bullet into his brain,
causing instant death, Mrs. Furguell
was only slightly wounded, one of
grazing the left breast
and inflicting a flesh wound,
Mother and child were taken to
the Windber hospital, where blood
on the child’s clothing lead to an in-
vestigation which revealed that it
had been shot in the intestines. The
child lived until Thursday afternoon,
when death intervened.
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Where Motorists Lodge
| The favorite route for motorists is the
| Great National Highway, formerly
| known as the National Pike. It winds
{ from the east :hrough Cumberland and
Monongahela
House
PITTSBURGH
AFTER THE WAR
The Superior (Wisconsin) Telegram
points out sagely to the farmers of
the Badger State that the European
war has saved them from the depress-
ion and losses whish they were feel-
ing when hostilities broke out, and of
which the Demochatic tariff was the
cause. It reinforces its argument with
this cogent reminder.
“When the war ends the thirty mill-
ion men now fighting in Europe will
return to their normal pursuits. Now
they are only consumers of foodstuffs,
Then a large percentage of them will
become producers as well. The farmer
is, therefore, as vitally interested in
industrial preparedness as the mech-
anic and the artisan. The Farmers
will need the industrial cities of this
country to consume the products of
the soil, and those cities will need a
protective tariff to promote their
growth and mainntain their ability t>
buy. Also, the farmers will need tariff
protection from the expanding output
of the great agriculture provinces of
the Canadian West.”
There are many issues in this cam-
paign which will appeal to the Ameri-
can farmer. But the one great issue
which correlates his interests and the
interests of all the people is the is-
sue of maintaining American indus-
trialism and of preserving the Ameri-
can market. Wars may bring high
prices while wars rage. A protective
tariff brings and keeps good times
when wang rage. A protective tariff
brings and keeps good times when
peace reigns. The men who have dag
the trenches along the Somme will be
digging in the fields when the trench-
es are abandoned. A protective tariff
will be our defence against their pro-
ducts.
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in use for over 30 years, has borne the si natare of
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Experuncuts what trifle with and endanger the health of
Iniants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
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and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant ase for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
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Breakfast to the most elaborate dinner.
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Pittsburgh
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preceding the time of such ascertain- |
ments; and such capitalization shall
be estimated by ascertaining the |
principal amount which would yield | |
such annual, current net revenue, &t |
the average rate of interest, and sink- | a
Cover & Son.
Meyersdale, Pa.
LrfnETang
ing-fund charges payable upon the
indebtedness incurred by said city
for such purposes, up to the time of
such ascertainment. The method of
determining such amount, so to be de
ducted, may be prescribed by the Gen-
improvement o! the highways of
the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn-
eral Assembly. In incurring indebted-
ness for any purpose tle city of Phila-
| delphia may issue its obligations ma-
Representa- | turing not later than fifty (50) years |
{from the date thereof, with provision
| used in the construction of wharves or
i docks owned or to be owned by said
| city, such obligations may be in an
| amount sufficient to provide for, and
| may include the amount of, the in-
| terest and siuking-fund charges as
| cruing and which may accrue there
|on throughout the period of construct
lion, and until the expiration of one
year after the completion of the work
for which said indebtedness shall
el t
sylvania in General Assembly met, | for a sinking-fund sufficient to retire have been incurred; and sald city
That the following amendment to the | said obligations at maturity, the pay-
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in ac-!equal or graded annual or other per- DP
cordance with the eighteenth articie iodical
thereof: —
ment to such sinking-fund to be in
instalments. Where any in-
debtedness shall be or shall
have
shall not be required to levy a tax to
ay said interest and sinking-fund
charges as required by section tem.
article nine of the Constitutiom of
That section four of article nine, !been incurred by said city of Philadel- |, ;o..:0 until the expiration of
which read: uz "Uows:
“Section 4.
ted by or om benalf of the State, ex
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
uj sseddns WEOIEEAW] [ode ‘ONUSASX|
: | phia for the purpose of the comstruct-
debt shall be cres- | fon or improvement of public works of sai
d period of one year after the com-
any character from which income or pletion of said work.
f
revenue is to be derived by said eity,
{or for the reclamation of land to be
A true copy of Joint Resolution No 4.
CONFLUENCE : Ey
- A young colt ridden into town by
Ira Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hunter of Johnson’s Chapel, after
being hitched near Black’s store in
some way hung itself.
Lee Nicholson of Connellsville, is
spending several days with his father
Adam Nicholson,
Rev. Watson Bracken, the new
Methodist Episcopal pastor here, has
moved his family and .household
goods from Smithfield.
Every Farmer with two or more cows
needs a
THE BEST SEPARATOR MADE,
J. T. YODER,
223 Livergood St.
O. G. Kantner has returned from a JOHNSTOWN, PA.
business visit to Meyersdale.
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